NGS

Who Is This?

I'm a girl. I live in Wisconsin with my husband. We have a cat named Zelda, a houseplant named Lindsey, an herb garden on our balcony that is always *thisclose* to being nothing more than soil, and a habit of watching Criminal Minds until way past an appropriate bedtime. I'm a grad school flunkie with leftover angsty feelings from that time in my life. I can't parallel park or ride my bike with no hands. I can teach systems of equations, though, so I feel like I've gotten a fair shake in life.

Photo Project

My best friend and I take pictures every day. Every day of the month has a different theme. Enjoy!

Past Musings

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Bestest Friend and I are embarking on a new blog project. Each day of
the month we will post a picture on a pre-determined theme and write a
little something about it. The theme for the twenty-fourth day of each
month is "Pain."
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The construction in our neighborhood is slowly but surely
going to drive me insane.We were told
that the construction would finish in six months when we first moved in and now
we’re going on two years and they just poured two new foundations!

This isn’t the worst thing in the world. It’s fun watching
the buildings go up and it’s nice to know the community is able to sustain such
a building boom (although, in light of the 2008 economic disaster, we sometimes
wonder if we’re watching a mini housing bubble here).I love watching the little kids line up on the
sidewalk to watch the tractors and other mysterious construction equipment do
their jobs. Our cat loves to watch all the bustle outside “her” window. But the
noise is constant and distracting during weekdays when I’m trying to, you know,
work. The construction workers are pretty careful, but the sidewalks are
cracking from the heavy dozers and cranes and trailers, and bolts and nails in
the roadway are not an uncommon sight.

I’m going to work on keeping my chin up – this, too, shall
pass!

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To see what Bestest Friend wrote about the theme of the day, check out her blog, Too Legit To Quit.